Mount Vernon's Fourth of July: Birthday Cake, Daytime Fireworks

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This Fourth of July, you can enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and/or free cake at Mount Vernon for their American Celebration.

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., spend the first part of your Independence Day at Mount Vernon with daytime fireworks over the Potomac, free birthday cake and a naturalization ceremony for 100 new citizens -- and you still have enough time to head out for the nighttime festivities of your choice.

The day's schedule of events:

9:30 a.m: Reenactors from the First Virginia Regiment assemble for inspection by "General Washington" while the Declaration of Independence is read.

10 a.m: Annual Independence Day wreath-laying at the tomb of George Washington